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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -1 points 2 days ago

OK, so if you can pass the host root filesystem to a container and then write files or execute code with root privileges on that filesystem, I would definitely consider that a container escape. You're executing arbitrary code on the host from within a container.